The antisocial personality disorder in the Brazilian movies

ABSTRACT Objective: The antisocial personality disorder (APD) is one theme of interest for psychiatry/mental health students and professionals. The access to psychopathology aspects by means of movies is able to improve the understanding about these disorders. This study aimed at evaluates the frequency of APD and of its diagnostic criteria in the Brazilian cinema for teaching purposes. Methods: The method consisted of survey sampling (for convenience, once the study is extracted from another greater project); use of a diagnostic instrument and analysis of the results. Results: 44.73% of the personalities were diagnosed with APD. All the diagnostic criteria for APD were present. The most frequent criterion was the practice of illegal acts. Impulsivity was associated with aggressiveness in 29.4% of the cases and with the use of psychoactive substances in almost 30% of the cases. 35.3% of the characters had a premature and violent death. Conclusion: The research enabled the identification of APD diagnostic criteria in the Brazilian cinema. Many scenes were able to represent the diagnosis clearly. The data proved to be sufficient in indicate the potentiality of the material as a didactic and pedagogical foundation.摘要： 研究目的：反社会型人格障碍（Antisocial Personality Disorder, APD）是精神医学/心理健康专业学生与从业者的关注主题之一。通过影视作品了解精神病理相关特征，有助于加深对这类精神障碍的理解。本研究旨在服务于教学需求，分析巴西电影中APD的出现频次及其诊断标准的分布情况。 研究方法：本研究采用便利抽样调查（因本研究源自一项更大的研究项目）、诊断工具测评以及结果分析的研究方法。 研究结果：44.73%的影视角色被确诊为APD。APD的所有诊断标准均有体现。最常见的诊断标准为实施违法行为。在29.4%的案例中，冲动性与攻击性存在关联；近30%的案例中，冲动性与精神活性物质滥用相关。35.3%的角色存在早逝且暴力死亡的结局。 研究结论：本研究明确了巴西电影中APD诊断标准的呈现情况。诸多影视片段能够清晰呈现该诊断的典型特征。本研究数据足以证明，相关影视材料具备作为教学与教育学基础素材的潜力。